I stopped in at Lex/Larp Cellar’s today, and things have really disappeared. The back shelf is about half empty, and that’s all the beer that is left.
But that’s not the purpose of the post. As I was leaving, they were pulling bunches and bunches of things off the shelf for the last tasting this evening. Bottles open at 7pm.
I know that the new Sierra Nevada Extra IPA Torpedo and their outstanding Bigfoot Barleywine have been around places both north and south of the Twin Cities for a while now. And I know that more than one liquor store here in the metro is sick of me calling on an almost-daily basis to see if they’ve arrived yet.
So I’ll save you all the time of making numerous calls (and hopefully the stores from receiving such calls) by letting you know here that Torpedo and Bigfoot both have arrived in the Twin Cities. Expect them to be priced at about $7.99 and $9.99, respectively.
Who else has got the Motts?
***edit***
I was just informed that Thomas Liquors in St. Paul will be offering samples of the Torpedo…right NOW!
I was informed today that the Cellar’s in St. Paul and Roseville is closing soon. A new one will be opening up in conjunction with Byerly’s in Roseville and in Coon Rapids. Thanks for being a formative force in the Twin Cities craft beer scene, and here’s to new opportunities!
Their entire stock is 20% off.
***edit*** Clearly my source didn’t have all the information correct. If someone has the full story let us know!
Fitger’s never disappoints with their selection at Winterfest! Here’s the 411 on the great brewery up North:
Gale Force Cranberry Ale: Belgian style golden ale, infused with copious amounts of cranberry.Round full flavor with a tart dry finish. (8.2%)
Bourbon Barrel aged Edmund Imperial Stout: Woodford Reserve Bourbon barrels filled with strong stout. Flavors are allowed to age and marry for 1 year.
El Diablo: Belgian style Strong Golden ale. Warming alcohol notes with a medium body and strong malt presence. Dry finish use caution as this beer is highly quaffable.
Misty Mountain IPA: A super-charged English IPA. Brewed with low alpha English hops (one of our most expensive beers to make) and English malts. Very hoppy and malty then nitrogenized to create a barrier to the hops. The perception is a smoother much more balanced beer. We use around 8 lbs per barrel in this labor of hop love ale (7.5%)
Hair o’ the Monk: A Belgian style strong golden ale. gold in color flavors of bubblegum and strong citrus fruit notes.
Ole Redbeard Barleywine ’07: A strong long aged ale. Made with English maris otter malt and lots of hops. This ale is called Barleywine due to its strong alcohol content. Nearly that of wine.
Procrastinator Doppelbock: This malty lager is a German style standard. malt forward with notes of bread, toast, sweet toffee and slight fruit. doppelbocks are double strength bock beers usually brewed for sustenance during cooler months.
El Nino Double Hopped IPA: Our best selling ale. Very full bodied and not very balanced. Hops first second and last. There is enough malt to offset the hops. 6 hop additions as well as dry hopped. IPA’s were originally made by the British to survive the long voyage to India from Britain. High alcohol and hopping rate preserved the ales and ensured they would be drinkable upon arrival. California brewers decided to push that even further in the 1990’s. Our IPA is double hopped with a floral nose from the dry hopping.
In 2008 Fitgers Brewhouse started bottling 25 oz “bomber bottles” for the first time. Only special beers that are long aged in wood with multiple fermentation’s and or unique ingredients are being put in the corked bottles. We will realease some limited samples during the festival of:
Collaboration Cherry Grand Cru A joint effort with Town Hall brewery. T.H.’s Grand Cru and Brewhouse Cherry batch. Aged 3 years in two different wine barrels with a additional cherry addition in the last 6 months.
Fitgers Framboise: A 5 year project to brew a wild lambic type ale. This beer was pitched with 10 year old lambic and allowed to ferment in a lambic oak barrel. After 3 years aging we moved to another barrel and added raspberries.
Fitger’s continues to throw the gauntlet down (what ever the hell that means, but it seemed appropriate). In addition to their regular weekly releases–Champagne of the North, Brewhouse Pub Ale, and Blueberry Lager, it’s time for a couple more 750ml releases. Their bourbon barrel Imperial Stout is quite bourbon-y, and the Framboise sounds pretty incredible, with a 17 year old lambic added to the fermentation! Get up north and get yours!
